[March 1776, cont.] our coming on & their going off,
as the Causeway over which we had
to pass was greatly exposed to their
Fire from their Works on the Neck.
When the Enemy discovered us in ye
Morning they ceased firing upon
Roxbury &
seemed as must be much Shagrien
-ed to find they had fired So intently
upon
Roxbury when the Men were
as they thaught mostly on the Hills.
Wee expected a Salute
imme
diately from their Ships in the
Harbour as also from their Works
and they must have greatly annoy-
-ed us had they fired when our Forts
were thus weak being then little
besides Fashiens about 6 Feet
thick - However this was not
their disign, They fired a few Shot
upon us as we were Seting the
Fatiegue Partys,and brok 6 or 8
Small arms in our Rigiment
but as their Balls Struck chiefly
before they reached us we could
avoid them -- The Enemy Imba-
-rqued on Board Transports about 11 o clock and
were to have landed (as we after